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The Register, 1969-04-25

The Register, 1969-04-25, page 1

THE4 5 REGISTER
'COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'
VOLUME XL, No. 23
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO
APRIL 25, 1969
McCullough And Johnson Elected SGA Leaders
Vincent McCullough became the
next president of the student body
in a campus-wide election, held
Wednesday. McCullough, a history
major from Raleigh totaled 535
votes while his chief opponent,
Lawrence C. McSwain, totaled 454
votes. The third candidate, Harold
Glover polled 217 votes with
Fletcher Harris, a late registrant
in the race for the SGA presidency
totaling 11 votes.
When asked if he had any comments about the election, McCullough said, "I can see a brighter future for A&T ... the will of
the people be done." He will officially assume his duties in September.
McCullough's running-mate for
the vice-presidency, Nelson Johnson, a Fayetteville political science major, totaled 458 votes with
Merl Code, another vice-presidential candiate, right behind him
with 404 votes. Scott Toweh, the
third vice-presidential candidate
polled 320 votes.
The race among six coeds for
"Miss A&T" ended with Lillian
Campbell's being elected to serve
in the coveted position. She polled
473 votes with her leading opponent, Debbie Tood polling 343
A&T" Barbara Campbell received
205 votes; Nancy Ownes, 126;
Joyce Hughes, 57 votes; Helena
White, 13 votes.
In other SGA positions, Joyce
Vincent McCullough
Nelson Johnson
Commission Fails To Grant Fund;
A&T Approaches Financial Crisis
By DAVID LEE BROWN
insufficient funds are creating a
problem on this campus. Because
u.e worth Carolina General Assembly's Advisory Budget Commission failed to recognize certain
grotesque conditions that exist on
uus campus, its recommendations
on A&T's budget requests for the
idb9-71 biennium have proven to
ue unsatisfactory.
One of the chornic deficiencies
on A&T's campus is the lack of
secretarial help for instructors
and departmental research. Although eleven academic departments are presently operating,
none has, secretaries to type reports, records, and instructional
material. The English Department,
for example, uses a tremendous
amount of type written teaching
materials, but it has only one clerical assistant for 39 instructors.
A&T's faculty cannot exhibit the
high quality status that it has in
the past if quaUty teachers leave
because A&T's salary scale is not
competitive with other regional
universities. According to an article published in the Greensboro
Daily News, the highest average
salary at all the other five-year
schools supported by the state is
$10,492, whereas the average at
A&T is only $9,549.
A&T's financial problem has also affected its physical plant. The
physical plant comprises three
campuses covering about 145
acres with building installations
and equipment valued at well over
$20 million. A lack of funds has
made the absence of a director of
the entire physical plant and under staffing in janitors, maids,
and security officers a reality. The
total costs of these items would be
$1,272,811 for 1969-71. The Advisory
Budget Commission recommended
that A&T be allotted a little more
than $2.7 million for its capital
improvement program over the
next biennium. According to Dr.
Dowdy, this represents less than
half of what the university should
hrvc if excellence is to be achieved.
Streets need to be paved, a
warehouse for central receiving
and storage is needed; and land is
needed if the university is to be
protected from commercial encroachment. The cost of all the
"C" budget or capital improvement items would amount to $3,
S'JO.OOO for the biennium.
A new building designed especially for students majoring in
pre-school education is a great
need. This institution helped to
pioneer the pre-school education
program in North Carolina; and
now, according to the State Department of Public Instruction, it
has one of the best programs in
the state. In the future the intent
of the university is to boarden the
scope of the program to include a
clinic.
The university's extensive program in health, physical education, and recreation is being
severely detracted from because
the old gymnasium is inadequate.
Dr. Dowdy is sure that representatives of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools who will
be on campus for an inspection of
programs and facilities this spring
will be greatly concerned over
some of the make-shift arrangements, including outdoor classes
and a severe shortage of showers
in the old gymnasium. He stated
that unless the legislature appropriates $1.8 million to expand facilities the possibility of being
disaccredited by the association is
very real.
At the present time there is an
urgent need for a classroom building for the university's social
science program. Classes are being taught where space can be
found, thereby creating overcrowded conditions.
Administrative workers are a
prime need, but funds will not
allow these positions to be filled.
Over 1,400 students receive financial assistance from a general
fund of about $1.3 million. However, it is impossible to hire a
qualified person to coordinate the
whole array of self-help jobs, work
study programs, loans and scholarships, which involves not' only
administering funds, hut counseling students and parents.
President Dowdy has gone back
to the legislature and asked the
Joint Appropriations Committee to
restore the deleted items which l}e
says are urgently needed by A&T
ii it is to fulfill its function in a
meritorous manner indicative of a
regional university.
Staff Members Honored
For Outstanding Service
At the Register's Annual Banquet, Friday night, staff members
of the student newspaper who had
served with distinction were cited
by the editor, Prince Legree.
Willie Mae Leach received the
Star Award, the highest which was
persented to any staff member.
She was elected Fine Arts Editor,
for the current year and has served on the staff for four years.
Prince Legree also merited a Star.
The Craftsman Award was presented to those members who had
been affiliated with the staff for at
least two years and had excelled
in their services. Members who
received the award were Hilliard
Hines, Frankie Pauling, Paul
Jones, Sandra Washington, Richard Newkirk, Lillie Miller, and
Pamela Wall.
There were 13 members who
had served on the staff for one
year. The following members received the club award;: Brenda
Thornhill, David Brown, Cohen
Greene, Jimmy Newkirk, Dwight
Davis, Melvin Walden, Patrica
Chalmers. George Adams, Jean
Jackson, Jacquelyn Wright, Cleme-
tine Williams, Bernice Robinson,
Mildred Moore, and Barbara Joyner,
The awards are products of the
National Scholastic Press Association. They carry the initials of the
organization and are handsomely
Hilliard Hines
gold and silver plated.
The Irving-Swain Press Award,
s $25.00 Savings Bond was received by Prince Legree. The Paul V.
JeweU Journalism Award — two
$25.00 Savings Bonds donated by
Tommy C. Gaddie to engineering
majors who are staff participants
— went to Prince Legree, Jr. and
Hilliard B. Hines, Jr.
Lindsay captured the position of
secretary while Reginald Morton
became the treasurer.
In the race for class presidents
Kermit Waddell won over Walter
Foster for the senior class presidency by a vote of 110 to 71. Matthew Simpson became the next
president of the junior class by
beating Cohen Greene by a vote of
144 to 83. The sophomore class will
be headed by Eric Cox with 254
votes while his opponent, Banedell
McLawhorn, polled 110 votes.
For the vice-presidential portions, Oscar Beale won in the senior class; Edward Cole in the junior class, and Aronld Kerre in the
sophmore class.
In other class positions, the winners were Mary Crisp, senior class
secretary; Herman Fulton, senior
class treasurer; Inza Howard, junior class secretary; Walter Blover,
junior class treasurer; Iinda
Wright, sophmore class secretary;
Tramilla Bryant, sophmore class
The class queens are Bennittia
Douglas, senior class; Cynthia
Congleton, junior class; and Barbara Williams, sophmore class.
In a short session after the announcement, McCullough pledged
that the student government would
become and remain "the peoples'
government."
Suit Filed In Protest
Of Aid Cuts To Students
Washington (CPS) — A suit has
been filed in federal court here
challenging the constitutionality of
legislation which cuts off financial
aid of college students involved in
' disruptive" campus protests.
Principal plaintiff is the U. S.
National Student Association, • a
confederation of 386 student governments on campuses across the
nation. Joining NSA in the action
as representative parties are the
student governments at Notre
Dame, the University of California at Berkeley, and Maryland;
the president of Staten Island
Community College, and four students.
The suit seeks to declare unconstitutional, and thus nullify, certain so-called "anti-riot" provisions of federal legislation designed to deny federal aid to disruptive protesters.
Named as chief defendant is
Campus Joins In
Observance Of
Library Week
The 1969 National Library Week
was observed this week. The
tiieme for this year's observance
was "Be All You Can Be. Read."
Mrs. Emmalyn F. Wesley, chairman of the 1969 National Library
Week Committee, planned programs during this period which
would augment students' interest
and participation in the university
library. The main objective of the
observance of National Library
Week was to emphasize the importance of reading.
Although National Library Week
focuses attention upon the reading skill, it also attaches a special
significance to the library as a
' storehouse of knowledge." The
history of our university library
may enhance students' awareness
of its place in the structure of the
university.
The first library appropriation
was made in 1894 for $600. The
book? purchased from this money
were located in the office of the
President, Dr. J. O. Crosby. The
library was moved from the President's office to two rooms on the
fourth floor of Dudley Building in
1912. It was moved to the basement of Noble Hal in 1929; however, in 1931 it was returned to the
reconstructed Dudley Building. A
second appropriation of $25,000
was received from the General
Education Board in this same
year.
The present building was first
utilized in the summer of 1955 and
was named for the President, Dr.
F. D. Bluford. Dr. Bluford served
as the first designated librarian.
Elizabeth Hill served as the first
professional librarian from 1924-
28. At the present time B. C.
Crews, Jr. is serving as acting
librarian. He has held this position
since 1964. The library has grown
from the original collection of 300
volumes to 261,944 volumes.
Robert Finch, Secretary of Health,
education and Welfare, who administers most of the funds involved. Defense secretary Melvin
Laird and Leland J. Haworth,
director of the National Science
Foundation, are also named because they administer appUcable
research programs.
"When our nation's lawmakers
plunge beyond the constitution in
their zeal to punish students,"
said NSA president Robert Powell,
Jr., "it is time to call a halt. In
NSA vs. Finch, we seek to secure
the protection afforded to students
under the constitution against the
emotional and intemperate reaction of our lawmakers."
Powell, speaking at a press conference, said the aid-cut-off laws
"intimidate and inhibit" students
fiom fully exercising their constitutional rights. No student has
yet lost aid under the provisions,
he said, but mere existence of the
statutes constitutes an "implicit
threat" and a "powerful agent of
intimidation."
More than 1.5 million students
receive aid under programs affected by the cut-off provisions. Also
involved are professor's and graduate students' research subsidies.
The NSA suit contends the cutoffs are illegal because they violate rights of free speech, assembly and conscience; invade states'
rights; constitute bills of attainder; violate due process; are
vague and indefinite; and invidiously discriminate against the
poor.
Powell charged that the laws also "represent dangerous and unwise educational policy because
they substantially diminish the
options" open to educators in stu-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
Procedures To Follow
In Registration For
Summer School Listed
By TONY BRYANT
Students planning to attend
Summer School here at the University should contact their major
departments for information and
advisement.
Applications for on-campus
for admittance to the Summer
Session may be secured from departmental heads. These applications should be filled out immediately and returned to the Registrar's offfice.
Permits to register and regista-
tion information will be mailed to
those students who complete and
pass in their applications. As soon
as this material is received, students may pay their bills and register for summer classes.
Students may submit applications after May 15, but a fine of
$5.00 on late applications is imposed, and it is not refundable.
Classes begin June 9, and the nine
week sessions end August 8. So, if
Summer School is "your thing'',
the time is now to act.

THE4 5 REGISTER
'COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'
VOLUME XL, No. 23
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO
APRIL 25, 1969
McCullough And Johnson Elected SGA Leaders
Vincent McCullough became the
next president of the student body
in a campus-wide election, held
Wednesday. McCullough, a history
major from Raleigh totaled 535
votes while his chief opponent,
Lawrence C. McSwain, totaled 454
votes. The third candidate, Harold
Glover polled 217 votes with
Fletcher Harris, a late registrant
in the race for the SGA presidency
totaling 11 votes.
When asked if he had any comments about the election, McCullough said, "I can see a brighter future for A&T ... the will of
the people be done." He will officially assume his duties in September.
McCullough's running-mate for
the vice-presidency, Nelson Johnson, a Fayetteville political science major, totaled 458 votes with
Merl Code, another vice-presidential candiate, right behind him
with 404 votes. Scott Toweh, the
third vice-presidential candidate
polled 320 votes.
The race among six coeds for
"Miss A&T" ended with Lillian
Campbell's being elected to serve
in the coveted position. She polled
473 votes with her leading opponent, Debbie Tood polling 343
A&T" Barbara Campbell received
205 votes; Nancy Ownes, 126;
Joyce Hughes, 57 votes; Helena
White, 13 votes.
In other SGA positions, Joyce
Vincent McCullough
Nelson Johnson
Commission Fails To Grant Fund;
A&T Approaches Financial Crisis
By DAVID LEE BROWN
insufficient funds are creating a
problem on this campus. Because
u.e worth Carolina General Assembly's Advisory Budget Commission failed to recognize certain
grotesque conditions that exist on
uus campus, its recommendations
on A&T's budget requests for the
idb9-71 biennium have proven to
ue unsatisfactory.
One of the chornic deficiencies
on A&T's campus is the lack of
secretarial help for instructors
and departmental research. Although eleven academic departments are presently operating,
none has, secretaries to type reports, records, and instructional
material. The English Department,
for example, uses a tremendous
amount of type written teaching
materials, but it has only one clerical assistant for 39 instructors.
A&T's faculty cannot exhibit the
high quality status that it has in
the past if quaUty teachers leave
because A&T's salary scale is not
competitive with other regional
universities. According to an article published in the Greensboro
Daily News, the highest average
salary at all the other five-year
schools supported by the state is
$10,492, whereas the average at
A&T is only $9,549.
A&T's financial problem has also affected its physical plant. The
physical plant comprises three
campuses covering about 145
acres with building installations
and equipment valued at well over
$20 million. A lack of funds has
made the absence of a director of
the entire physical plant and under staffing in janitors, maids,
and security officers a reality. The
total costs of these items would be
$1,272,811 for 1969-71. The Advisory
Budget Commission recommended
that A&T be allotted a little more
than $2.7 million for its capital
improvement program over the
next biennium. According to Dr.
Dowdy, this represents less than
half of what the university should
hrvc if excellence is to be achieved.
Streets need to be paved, a
warehouse for central receiving
and storage is needed; and land is
needed if the university is to be
protected from commercial encroachment. The cost of all the
"C" budget or capital improvement items would amount to $3,
S'JO.OOO for the biennium.
A new building designed especially for students majoring in
pre-school education is a great
need. This institution helped to
pioneer the pre-school education
program in North Carolina; and
now, according to the State Department of Public Instruction, it
has one of the best programs in
the state. In the future the intent
of the university is to boarden the
scope of the program to include a
clinic.
The university's extensive program in health, physical education, and recreation is being
severely detracted from because
the old gymnasium is inadequate.
Dr. Dowdy is sure that representatives of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools who will
be on campus for an inspection of
programs and facilities this spring
will be greatly concerned over
some of the make-shift arrangements, including outdoor classes
and a severe shortage of showers
in the old gymnasium. He stated
that unless the legislature appropriates $1.8 million to expand facilities the possibility of being
disaccredited by the association is
very real.
At the present time there is an
urgent need for a classroom building for the university's social
science program. Classes are being taught where space can be
found, thereby creating overcrowded conditions.
Administrative workers are a
prime need, but funds will not
allow these positions to be filled.
Over 1,400 students receive financial assistance from a general
fund of about $1.3 million. However, it is impossible to hire a
qualified person to coordinate the
whole array of self-help jobs, work
study programs, loans and scholarships, which involves not' only
administering funds, hut counseling students and parents.
President Dowdy has gone back
to the legislature and asked the
Joint Appropriations Committee to
restore the deleted items which l}e
says are urgently needed by A&T
ii it is to fulfill its function in a
meritorous manner indicative of a
regional university.
Staff Members Honored
For Outstanding Service
At the Register's Annual Banquet, Friday night, staff members
of the student newspaper who had
served with distinction were cited
by the editor, Prince Legree.
Willie Mae Leach received the
Star Award, the highest which was
persented to any staff member.
She was elected Fine Arts Editor,
for the current year and has served on the staff for four years.
Prince Legree also merited a Star.
The Craftsman Award was presented to those members who had
been affiliated with the staff for at
least two years and had excelled
in their services. Members who
received the award were Hilliard
Hines, Frankie Pauling, Paul
Jones, Sandra Washington, Richard Newkirk, Lillie Miller, and
Pamela Wall.
There were 13 members who
had served on the staff for one
year. The following members received the club award;: Brenda
Thornhill, David Brown, Cohen
Greene, Jimmy Newkirk, Dwight
Davis, Melvin Walden, Patrica
Chalmers. George Adams, Jean
Jackson, Jacquelyn Wright, Cleme-
tine Williams, Bernice Robinson,
Mildred Moore, and Barbara Joyner,
The awards are products of the
National Scholastic Press Association. They carry the initials of the
organization and are handsomely
Hilliard Hines
gold and silver plated.
The Irving-Swain Press Award,
s $25.00 Savings Bond was received by Prince Legree. The Paul V.
JeweU Journalism Award — two
$25.00 Savings Bonds donated by
Tommy C. Gaddie to engineering
majors who are staff participants
— went to Prince Legree, Jr. and
Hilliard B. Hines, Jr.
Lindsay captured the position of
secretary while Reginald Morton
became the treasurer.
In the race for class presidents
Kermit Waddell won over Walter
Foster for the senior class presidency by a vote of 110 to 71. Matthew Simpson became the next
president of the junior class by
beating Cohen Greene by a vote of
144 to 83. The sophomore class will
be headed by Eric Cox with 254
votes while his opponent, Banedell
McLawhorn, polled 110 votes.
For the vice-presidential portions, Oscar Beale won in the senior class; Edward Cole in the junior class, and Aronld Kerre in the
sophmore class.
In other class positions, the winners were Mary Crisp, senior class
secretary; Herman Fulton, senior
class treasurer; Inza Howard, junior class secretary; Walter Blover,
junior class treasurer; Iinda
Wright, sophmore class secretary;
Tramilla Bryant, sophmore class
The class queens are Bennittia
Douglas, senior class; Cynthia
Congleton, junior class; and Barbara Williams, sophmore class.
In a short session after the announcement, McCullough pledged
that the student government would
become and remain "the peoples'
government."
Suit Filed In Protest
Of Aid Cuts To Students
Washington (CPS) — A suit has
been filed in federal court here
challenging the constitutionality of
legislation which cuts off financial
aid of college students involved in
' disruptive" campus protests.
Principal plaintiff is the U. S.
National Student Association, • a
confederation of 386 student governments on campuses across the
nation. Joining NSA in the action
as representative parties are the
student governments at Notre
Dame, the University of California at Berkeley, and Maryland;
the president of Staten Island
Community College, and four students.
The suit seeks to declare unconstitutional, and thus nullify, certain so-called "anti-riot" provisions of federal legislation designed to deny federal aid to disruptive protesters.
Named as chief defendant is
Campus Joins In
Observance Of
Library Week
The 1969 National Library Week
was observed this week. The
tiieme for this year's observance
was "Be All You Can Be. Read."
Mrs. Emmalyn F. Wesley, chairman of the 1969 National Library
Week Committee, planned programs during this period which
would augment students' interest
and participation in the university
library. The main objective of the
observance of National Library
Week was to emphasize the importance of reading.
Although National Library Week
focuses attention upon the reading skill, it also attaches a special
significance to the library as a
' storehouse of knowledge." The
history of our university library
may enhance students' awareness
of its place in the structure of the
university.
The first library appropriation
was made in 1894 for $600. The
book? purchased from this money
were located in the office of the
President, Dr. J. O. Crosby. The
library was moved from the President's office to two rooms on the
fourth floor of Dudley Building in
1912. It was moved to the basement of Noble Hal in 1929; however, in 1931 it was returned to the
reconstructed Dudley Building. A
second appropriation of $25,000
was received from the General
Education Board in this same
year.
The present building was first
utilized in the summer of 1955 and
was named for the President, Dr.
F. D. Bluford. Dr. Bluford served
as the first designated librarian.
Elizabeth Hill served as the first
professional librarian from 1924-
28. At the present time B. C.
Crews, Jr. is serving as acting
librarian. He has held this position
since 1964. The library has grown
from the original collection of 300
volumes to 261,944 volumes.
Robert Finch, Secretary of Health,
education and Welfare, who administers most of the funds involved. Defense secretary Melvin
Laird and Leland J. Haworth,
director of the National Science
Foundation, are also named because they administer appUcable
research programs.
"When our nation's lawmakers
plunge beyond the constitution in
their zeal to punish students,"
said NSA president Robert Powell,
Jr., "it is time to call a halt. In
NSA vs. Finch, we seek to secure
the protection afforded to students
under the constitution against the
emotional and intemperate reaction of our lawmakers."
Powell, speaking at a press conference, said the aid-cut-off laws
"intimidate and inhibit" students
fiom fully exercising their constitutional rights. No student has
yet lost aid under the provisions,
he said, but mere existence of the
statutes constitutes an "implicit
threat" and a "powerful agent of
intimidation."
More than 1.5 million students
receive aid under programs affected by the cut-off provisions. Also
involved are professor's and graduate students' research subsidies.
The NSA suit contends the cutoffs are illegal because they violate rights of free speech, assembly and conscience; invade states'
rights; constitute bills of attainder; violate due process; are
vague and indefinite; and invidiously discriminate against the
poor.
Powell charged that the laws also "represent dangerous and unwise educational policy because
they substantially diminish the
options" open to educators in stu-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
Procedures To Follow
In Registration For
Summer School Listed
By TONY BRYANT
Students planning to attend
Summer School here at the University should contact their major
departments for information and
advisement.
Applications for on-campus
for admittance to the Summer
Session may be secured from departmental heads. These applications should be filled out immediately and returned to the Registrar's offfice.
Permits to register and regista-
tion information will be mailed to
those students who complete and
pass in their applications. As soon
as this material is received, students may pay their bills and register for summer classes.
Students may submit applications after May 15, but a fine of
$5.00 on late applications is imposed, and it is not refundable.
Classes begin June 9, and the nine
week sessions end August 8. So, if
Summer School is "your thing'',
the time is now to act.